Getting started with Shotfolio

Shotfolio is a toolkit for student, emerging, and independent photographers. It hosts your client photo galleries, takes session bookings, and collects client intake questionnaires — all from one dashboard, with no company account or contract required.

This guide is the fast path from sign-up to a gallery your clients can actually open.

What you get

• Client galleries — upload edited photos and share them as a single link or QR code.
• Guest face search — guests take a selfie and instantly see just their photos, with no app and no login.
• Live delivery — upload while the event is still running and guests get told there's more to see.
• Second shooters — invite a teammate into a gallery; every photo keeps its credit.
• Bookings — a page where clients pick a session type and time.
• Questionnaires — intake forms so you have what you need before the shoot.
• A portfolio page — a public page of your best work with a button straight to booking.

Sign in

Shotfolio uses your existing Google or Microsoft account — there's no separate password to create. Head to the sign-in page, choose your provider, and you'll land on your dashboard.

Your first three steps

1. Upload a gallery. Drag your edited photos into a new collection. Previews and social crops generate automatically. See Upload your first gallery.
2. Share it. Every gallery has a short link and a QR code. Print it, project it, or text it to the group. See Share a gallery with a QR code or link.
3. Let guests find themselves. Turn on face search so each guest sees only their own photos. See Let guests find their photos with a selfie.

New to all of this? You don't have to set everything up at once. Start with one gallery, share it, and add bookings, questionnaires, or a portfolio later when you need them.

Shooting an event this week?

Two things are worth setting up before you go:

• Upload from your phone — add Shotfolio to your home screen so you can send photos from the camera roll between sets.
• Publish photos live during an event — guests watching the gallery get a "new photos" banner as you upload.

Need a hand?

If something isn't working the way you expect, browse the rest of the Help Center or reach out — we answer within 24 hours.